2016 top ten policy plastics companies must not miss

The new national standard for children's toys implements a shrinking market for traditional plasticizers

On January 1, the new national standard for children's toys was officially implemented, and the market share of traditional plasticizers continued to shrink. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standards Committee approved the issuance of four national standards for the new national standard GB6675-2014 "Toy Safety" for children's toys. The new standard protects children more comprehensively, adding to six plasticizers, sounds, magnets and magnetic components, flammability requirements and broadening the control of hazardous substances. The limit value of the six plasticizers shall not exceed 0.1%. This limit is equivalent to the current EU regulations.

"Determination of hot tack properties of thermoplastic covers and their composites"

In mid-April, the experts passed the review of the national standard for the determination of the hot tack properties of thermoplastics and their composites. The national standard has taken another big step from full implementation. The standard specifies the test method for the thermal adhesive force (ie hot tack strength) of the thermal cover of thermoplastic materials and their composite materials at the end of heat sealing, but has not yet cooled, filling the domestic relevant national standards and industry standards. blank.

Taiwan will use all plastic containers to indicate heat-resistant temperature from July next year.

At the end of April, Taiwan’s “Food and Drug Administration” announced amendments to the “Food Instruments, Food Containers or Packages to be Labeled” and the “Regulations on Food Instruments, Food Containers or Packaging Labels”. According to the new regulations, from July 2017 All containers containing plastic materials need to be marked with heat-resistant temperature and plastic materials, and the new system includes stainless steel cups with plastic caps. If the manufacturer does not follow the regulations, it can be fined 3 to 3 million NT dollars. About RMB 6027 - 602,700 yuan).

"China's Plastic Pipeline Industry during the 13th Five-Year Plan Period (2016-2020) Development Proposal"

In May, China’s development plan for the plastic pipe industry during the “13th Five-Year Plan” period, namely, “China’s Plastic Pipeline Industry during the 13th Five-Year Plan” (2016-2020) Development Proposal (hereinafter referred to as “Planning”) The comments have been deployed accordingly. The plan puts forward many development goals such as technical standard formulation and product quality improvement, and clearly proposes to continue to improve the product quality commitment system, and encourage qualified enterprises to actively insure product quality liability insurance so that product quality can meet market demand.

The “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” for plastic pipes not only summarizes the major achievements, highlights and existing problems during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, but also analyzes the situation faced by China’s plastic pipe industry during the “13th Five-Year Plan” period. The overall development ideas and objectives during the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period and the key recommendations and measures for industry development.

National Standard "General Technical Conditions for Plastic Furniture"

In mid-July, the national standard GB/T32487-2016 "General Technical Conditions for Plastic Furniture", which was developed by the Guangdong Quality Inspection Institute, was approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standards Committee, and was officially implemented on September 1. The formulation and implementation of this standard will provide quality evaluation standards for plastic furniture, which will help regulate the production of enterprises, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, promote the healthy development of the plastic furniture industry, and fill the blank of domestic plastic furniture standards.

The standard closely combines the development status and trends of the domestic plastic furniture industry. It is formulated with reference to relevant domestic plastics and furniture standards. The main technical requirements include physical and chemical properties, dimensions and deviations, shape and position tolerances, appearance, physical and chemical properties, and mechanical properties of plastic materials. , harmful substances and flame retardancy.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announces light industry development plan (2016-2020) (the following is: plastics industry development planning content)

In mid-August, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially announced the light industry development plan (2016-2020). The following is the content of the plastics industry.

1. Key industry technical transformation project

Plastic products: steel-lined polyester PVC alloy profiles, large-diameter high-strength rigid plastic pipe fittings, high-strength stiffness PVC micro-foamed building formwork and sheets, multi-layer co-extruded high-performance film, large-scale rotomoulded products, fully biodegradable materials and Product, photovoltaic polyvinylidene fluoride film.

2. Key common technology research and development and industrialization engineering

Plastic products: high-performance films such as new optical, high-efficiency filtration, lithium batteries, high-barrier packaging, biodegradable mulch, high-efficiency function and life-synchronized agricultural film, supercritical CO2 foam plastic industrialization, engineering plastic modification, alloy industrialization technology.

3. New material development and application engineering

Plastic products: polymer-based multifunctional alloy, three-dimensional (3D) printing, flexible screen materials, low-cost high-performance engineering plastics, all biodegradable materials and products, weather-resistant high-impact plastic shaped materials, new environmentally friendly PVC, medical plastics, high Block the composite container.

4. Basic innovation platform construction project

Plastic products: key technologies and innovation systems for recycled plastics, environmentally friendly alternative technology systems for PVC products, safety construction systems for food contact plastic products, and key technology innovation systems for water-based synthetic leather.

5. Key equipment manufacturing level improvement project

Plastic machinery: volumetric pulsation precision high-efficiency injection molding equipment, tensile rheology continuous high filling and mixing granulation device, efficient, energy-saving, precise and stable plastic processing equipment.

6. Energy conservation and emission reduction technology promotion project

Plastic products: intelligent energy-saving film, high-efficiency purification treatment of organic waste gas in composite film industry, water-based polyurethane synthetic leather, polymer materials super-CO2 foam molding technology transformation.

7. Intelligent development and promotion project

Plastic machinery: food packaging equipment based on the Internet of Things, manufacturing automation equipment for the leather industry, new high-efficiency intelligent plastic machinery, key equipment for large-scale environmental protection intelligent central washing plant for central control and remote monitoring, high-precision intelligent weighing equipment.

8. Main industry development direction

Promote the development of the plastic products industry in the direction of functionalization, lightweight, ecological and miniaturization. Accelerate the research and development and application of plastic co-extrusion, high-efficiency sorting and utilization of waste plastics, and fully biodegradable mulch film and water-based polyurethane synthetic leather.

Focus on the development of new products in the fields of new energy, biomedicine, information, multi-functional, high-performance plastic new materials and additives.

Focus on the development of optical film, new flexible / liquid crystal display, high barrier multi-layer composite co-extruded film and other functional film materials and products, high-performance PVC pipe profiles, large-diameter high-strength rigid plastic pipes, bio-based plastics, special engineering plastics And its high-performance modified materials, high-efficiency sewage treatment, fluoroplastics and products for dust removal, 3D printing plastic consumables.

Vigorously develop ultra-small, ultra-high-precision, ultra-high-speed, intelligently controlled plastic high-end processing equipment, increase precision and intelligent transformation of plastic processing equipment, and accelerate the development and application of high-precision plastic testing equipment and instruments.

The National Development and Reform Commission plans to improve the restriction system for disposable consumer goods such as ultra-thin plastic shopping bags.

In mid-August, the website of the National Development and Reform Commission released a message to publicly solicit opinions on the "Circular Development Leading Plan" (draft for comments). These include increasing efforts to investigate and deal with the production of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags, consolidating the results of “restricting plastics”; increasing the investigation and punishment of the production and sale of over-packaged goods; improving the system of restrictive use of disposable consumer goods; and fully implementing residential electricity consumption , water, gas price ladder; resolutely shut down small businesses, black workshops that do not operate without lighting, fail to meet environmental standards and safety standards, continue to crack down on illegal modifications, and severely crack down on "foreign garbage" smuggling.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection prepares new environmental protection standards for plastic packaging products

At the end of August, the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China carried out the preparation of the national environmental protection standards for the "Technical Requirements for Environmental Labeling Products Plastic Packaging Products" (Draft for Comment). This compilation is mainly revised for the “Technical Requirements Packaging Products for Environmental Labeling Products” (HJ/T 209-2005).

Although the final version of the "Technical Requirements for Environmental Labeling Products Plastic Packaging Products" has not yet been officially released, from the draft for comments, it has been seen that the new standards will be on raw materials, production processes, degradation properties, bio-carbon content, printing, labeling and packaging of plastic packaging products. Make important adjustments in storage and other aspects.

1. Adjust the standard name and scope of application

The name of the original standard is defined as “packaging products”, and as plastic packaging accounts for a quarter of the four materials in the packaging industry, there is a trend of increasing year by year, and the key environmental influence factors of plastics are used and discarded. At the stage, the new standard is intended to be named “Plastic Packaging Products”, which will be locked in the plastic packaging category.

2. Increased requirements for raw materials and production processes

1 Do not use thermosetting plastics and foamed plastics as raw materials;

2 The azo dye is not applicable to the production process;

3 The phthalate plasticizer specified in GB/T 21928-2008 is not added in the production process.

3. Adjusted product requirements

1 Degradable plastics should meet the requirements of degradation performance in GB/T20197-2006;

2 The bio-carbon content of non-degradable plastics should be greater than 20%, and the emission of harmful substances in the exhaust gas during incineration should meet the requirements of 5.2.8 of QB/T4012-2010;

3 The heavy metals in the products, such as lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and its compounds, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, solvent residues, etc., shall meet the requirements of GB/T 10004-2008;

4 The content of vinyl chloride monomer in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) products should meet the requirements of GB9681, and the content of styrene monomer in polystyrene products should meet the requirements of GB9692;

5 Product gravure printing process should meet the requirements of HJ2539-2014.

New standards for waste rubber waste plastics industry

From November 1st, the two national standards of GB/T 9102-2016 Nylon 6 Dipped Cord Fabric and GB/T 32662-2016 Waste Rubber Waste Plastics Cracking Oilification Complete Production Equipment were officially implemented.

"Nylon 6 Dipped Cord Fabric" stipulates the terms and definitions of nylon 6 dipped cord fabric, product classification, product organization specification requirements, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules and marking, packaging, transportation and storage requirements. This standard is applicable to the manufacture of nylon 6 dipped cord fabric for force tires, battery tires, motorcycle tires, bias tires, and engineering tires. Others can be used as reference.

"Waste rubber waste plastics cracking oilization complete sets of production equipment" stipulates the terminology and definition, composition, model and basic parameters, requirements, test, inspection rules, signs, packaging, transportation and storage of waste rubber waste plastics cracking oil production complete sets of production equipment . This standard is applicable to the complete production equipment for cracking and oiling of continuous and intermittent waste rubber and waste plastics.

"Regulations on the Development of Circular Economy in Hebei Province" banned ultra-thin plastic bags

At the beginning of December, the “Regulations on the Development of Circular Economy in Hebei Province” (hereinafter referred to as “Regulations”) was passed, which is the first local regulation of circular economy in Hebei Province. In response to problems such as white pollution and waste of forest resources, the regulations stipulate that service enterprises such as catering, accommodation, entertainment, bathing and car washing should use energy-saving, water-saving, material-saving and environmentally friendly technologies, equipment and facilities to enable The products that are used repeatedly replace the one-time use products, and take measures such as environmental protection tips and cost concessions to encourage and guide consumers to reduce the use of disposable products. Operators of wholesale and retail establishments should sell or provide degradable plastic shopping bags. It is forbidden to produce and sell ultra-thin disposable plastic bags, and it is forbidden to produce, purchase and use disposable foam plastic tableware that does not meet the national standards. Food and beverage companies with fixed stores may not provide disposable wooden chopsticks.

The regulations also stipulate that the municipal, county (city, district) people's governments and their relevant departments in the district shall provide financial subsidies, support the establishment and improvement of the kitchen and kitchen waste collection and transportation system, and classify and store the kitchen wastes, professional collection, Closed transportation and unified disposal. Encourage the use of kitchen waste to produce biogas, biodiesel, industrial oils, organic fertilizers, etc., to achieve resource utilization and harmless treatment. Kitchen waste should be collected, transported and disposed of by units that have been legally established and obtained a permit.

Conclusion:

Looking at these ten policies, it is not difficult to find that safety, environmental protection and energy conservation can be said to be the focus of the state in 2016. Whether it is from children's toys or from plastic packaging, it all reflects China's emphasis on product safety. . From the perspective of environmental protection, restrictions on plastics, especially for disposable plastic products such as ultra-thin plastic bags, are particularly obvious.

In addition, from the perspective of industry development, "Determination of Thermosetting Properties of Thermoplastics and Composites", "Development Recommendations for the "13th Five-Year Plan" Period (2016-2020) of China's Plastic Pipeline Industry", "General Technology for Plastic Furniture" The development of the plastics industry in the light industry development plan announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has undoubtedly promoted the steady progress of the plastics (mechanical) industry and played an important role in the healthy development of the industry.